About Us
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of the leading retailers of America. Fueling the continued success of one of the world’s most beloved and recognized brands, is a distinctly capable, creative and innovative Marketing organization. Target Marketing, is well known for inspiring and surprising guests, we pride ourselves on connecting them to the products and experiences they expect and deserve from Target. We study our guests to discover new needs and insights, and then craft every interaction to build brand love. We are market experts who insist on a clear and cohesive understanding of our business objectives, guest segments and behaviors, strategies and tactics, overcoming obstacles and measuring success. Our commitment to partnering both internally and with external agencies gives us a wide range of capabilities, from award-winning creative work to exciting and unique promotional marketing. Leveraging our collective assets and fostering a healthy, supportive and open team culture, we deliver a holistically gratifying experience that guests can only get at Target. We believe in providing seamless and easy shopping experiences to our guests, on both online and offline touch points, by designing the best experiences through a user centered design approach.
Job Description
The UX Research Team is responsible for building empathy for the Target Guest and Target Team Member throughout the product development lifecycle for Target’s digital products, inclusive of web experience, app experience, internal tools, and in-store digital tools. The Senior UX researcher is a key partner to several functions in the digital group including product owners, UX designers, engineers, data scientists, and site merchandisers.
Research projects span from lean usability validation (as needed by the product teams) to strategic future-thinking discovery projects (driven by researchers’ insights) to enable constant experience optimization and inform strategic business priorities.
Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, the Senior UX Researcher will translate research insights into powerful stories that not only help shape product design and development but also influence the world of modern retail.
Core Responsibilities
· Supports the Principal Researcher(s) with research requests, from scoping initiatives, coordinating testing needs and synthesizing findings.
· Supports product teams throughout the research project life cycle – recommending appropriate methodology, scoping, and coordinating the entire process, facilitating in-field research and post-research synthesis through analysis.
· Conducts and synthesises qualitative and quantitative research projects – including, but not limited to: in person moderated testing, remote moderated & unmoderated testing, surveys, heuristic reviews, benchmark studies, concept testing, online & in-store intercepts, ethnographies, shopalongs.
· Assists the broader team in keeping our ongoing research library up-to-date and comprehensive.
Required Qualifications:
· Genuine curiosity about people and experiences.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to cross functional partners
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
· A strong ability to tell compelling stories from data.
· Comfortable within ambiguity with the ability to prioritize; demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects (both small and large) and adjust to changing priorities
· Strong project management skills – experience managing multiple projects at various stages in the project life cycle.
· Proficient in Powerpoint, Outlook, Word and other MS Office software.
· Minimum of 2 years of experience practicing UX design research for digital product teams or 4 years of relevant consumer research experience.
· Comfortable speaking to a diverse group of people and leading conversations to discover research insights.
Preferred Skills
· 7+ years of work experience and preferred a full time degree in Anthropology, Social Science, Design Research, Psychology, Human Factors, HCI, or related field.
· Experience in Lean UX Research methods, including remote moderated & unmoderated testing, online & in-context (store) intercepts.
· Experience and understanding of retail – both store and online.
· Demonstrated understanding of accessibility user testing using assistive technologies.
· Experience with video editing software.
Skills Required
- Genuine curiosity about people and experiences
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong ability to tell compelling stories from data
- Comfortable within ambiguity with ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
- Strong project management skills across research lifecycle
- Proficient in PowerPoint, Outlook, Word and other MS Office software
- Minimum of 2 years UX design research for digital product teams or 4 years consumer research experience
- Comfortable speaking with diverse groups and leading conversations to discover insights
- 7+ years of work experience (preferred) and degree in Anthropology, Social Science, Design Research, Psychology, Human Factors, HCI, or related
- Experience in Lean UX Research methods, including remote moderated & unmoderated testing and in-context intercepts
- Experience and understanding of retail (store and online)
- Demonstrated understanding of accessibility user testing using assistive technologies
- Experience with video editing software
Target Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Target and has not been reviewed or approved by Target.
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Healthcare Strength — Health benefits are accessible to hourly team members at relatively low hour thresholds and include no‑cost, 24/7 virtual medical care and expanded mental‑health support. This breadth is positioned as a relative strength compared to typical retail offerings.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match with immediate vesting and options like Roth 401(k) and stock purchase. These features strengthen long‑term savings for a wide range of roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid family leave, backup care, and reimbursements for adoption and surrogacy. These resources complement paid time off and holidays for eligible team members.
Target Insights
What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more. Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
